Method for gaining wax from honeycombs



Feb. 25, 1930. c. BoEscH 1,748,700

METHOD FOR GAINING WAX FROM HONEYGOMBS Filed Dec. 20. 19-27 Inn-- (Q fiaesc mwelv'rae Patented ,25, 1930 CHRISTIAN BOESCI-I, 0F MABs'nEmEm.swrzrznnnnnnc ivrn'rrron non GAINING 'riaoivri HONEYICOMBSV Application med December 20, 1927, Serial Na3. 2i ,41 a; and n eeiman aren 14-; 1927.

This invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for obtaining wax from honey-combs. vHitherto wax has been recovered fromhoney-combs by pressure,'but

sists in removing the wax from the honey combs by, centrifugal force'and that. a centrifugal drum is driven by steam under pressure which besides'itsfunction as driving me r dium also isused to melt the wax.

The apparatus for carrying out any method comprises a perforated rotary drum having turbine vanes a screen placed in this drum to retain the wax grounds, meansto admit steam under pressure to the said tur- .20

bine vanes, a casing enclosingthe said drum and a conduit to carry away the molten pure wax, the waste water and the waste steam.

, By means of my improved method and apparatus a continuous removal of wax from honey webs is possible without including foreign substances and in a considerable Y shorter period than by the pressure method and with a higher output.

The drawing illustrates anexample of an apparatus suitable for carrying; out my im "proved method. Fig. 1 is partly a vertical section and partly an'elevation of the apparatus andFig. 2 is a partial bottom view of the slinging, drum. '35

; l'is a base to which isfixed a pedestal 2 J rigidly supporting a casin g 3rwith bottom 4 and removable cover 5. In a-bearing 4 of the bottom f a vertical shaft 6 is journaled. On

- a conical head6 of this shaft the conically bored hub of abasket or drum 7 with perforated wall 8 is placed. The bottom 4: is pro- I vided with turbine vanes 9, more clearly seen i inFig. 2, towards which a nozzle 11 is directed fitted at the end of a steam conduit 10 pass.

\ ing through the casing 3. A screen 12, preferably made of fine wire gauze,-is removably placed on-the inside of the drum 7. Studs 13-are fixed to the top of the drum 7 and a and thescre'en' 12 to prevent slinging of the moltenwaxbeyond the screen and the'drunl. The method ofremovi rigthe wax from the honey combs is as follows: i Thehoney combs are warmed and dissolved inwater and the mass placed in the 'drmn 7 after which the cover 5 is put on. Steam under pressure is now admitted to the nozzle and to the turbine vanes 9 whereby 1 the drum is turned. The waste steam heats and overlaps the upperedgesfiofthe drum-7 the drum 7 and maintains the wax in liquid form. This liquid wax together with the Water is driven by the centrifugal force through the screen 12 and the drum 7 and the wax grounds are retained on the inside of the screen 12. The pure wax and the water is collected on the bottom 40f the casing 3 and carried away through the outlet 15 in this bottom and thetube 16into a vessel 17 where the wax floats on the surface of the water. The waste steam flows into a Wide tube 18 and into the atmosphere. moving the cover 5, the drum 7 may be withdrawn, without the shaft 6 6 out of the easing 3 and the wax grounds may be removed from the screen 12. Before the screen 12 After 're- Y can be removed the ring 14 has to be taken means of the perforated Wall 8 of the drum 7and of the screen 12.

What I claim is a 1. The method of removing wax from honey combs which comprises subjecting the at aftemperature sufficient to melt the wax contained in the combs and screening the wax to remove foreign substances. 1

.2. The method of removing Wax from honey combs which comprises simultaneously heating and centrifuging the honey combs and screening the wax to remove foreign subi stances. v

honey combs to the action of centrifugal force 3. The method of removing wax from honey combs which comprises simultaneous- 1y heating and centrifuging an aqueous mixture of the honey combs, the temperature during the heating being sufficient to liquefy the wax and screening the wax to remove foreign substances. 7

i 4. The method of removing wax from honey combs which comprises simultaneously heating and centrifuging an aqueous mixture of the honey combs, the temperature during the heating being suflicient to liquefy the wax and screening the Wax to remove foreign substances and then separating the Wax from the Water associated therewith as a result of the centrifuging. V

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. 7

' CHRISTIAN BOESCH. 

